European Furniture and Decorative Arts

Appearing in overall fairly good, stable, and ready to hang condition. The mount with an all over fairly even deep brown finish, there is some minor wear to the finish near where the bear's head is affixed. The carving around the border with some visible seams from production and some minor areas of separation along the seams. One leaf tip on the lower right side is missing as is some of the carved decoration on the right side border. Both eyes are intact and the mouth and teeth are painted. With a rope for hanging on the back. There is an old filled hole on the back, not visible from the front. The mount in 20th century, Additional images are available upon request.

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